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The Moon on Saturday, November 25, 1978: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 25.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on November 25, 1978Waning Crescent

Saturday 25 November 1978391,903 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 25, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.7% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
391,903 km243,517 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 25, 1978 is on Tuesday, November 14, 1978 at 20:00 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 30, 1978 at 08:20 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, November 22, 197821:24
New Moon (after)Thursday, November 30, 197808:20

The Moon around November 25

More about this date

Saturday, November 25, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 31, 1978 to the new moon of November 30, 1978, a cycle of 29.51 days.